Apparatus for use in angling.



No. 693,071. Patented Febj H, 1902.

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APPARATUS FOR USE IN ANGLING.

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srnoxrxca'rzoiv formingart of Letters Patent No. 693,071, dated. February 11, 1902.

Application filed November 29, 1 so To aZZ whom/ it may concern.- I

Be it known that 1, RUDQLF RICARD FRITH- JOF RUUD, mechanician, a subject of the King of Sweden and Norway, residing at Karlstadgaden 4 IV, Christiania, Norway, have in vented certain new and useful Apparatus for Use in Angling, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates t'oap'paratus for use in angling and which automatically indicates line to hook the fish. 1 g

The apparatus is arranged in such a mannor. that it can be adapted for fishing at dit- The invention is illustrated in the accom' Figure 1 is a side view of the apparatus in lar'view showing the position assumed after the bite of a fish.

On the side of the boat there is fixed a plate 1, with two brackets or supports 2 and 3. In the bracket 3 there is hinged a double lever 41, provided at its inner end with a hole in which engages one end of a spring 5, the other end of which is secured to the plate 1 port 3. The outer end of the lever 4 is provided with a hook 6, and to each end of the lever there is secured'a socket, (marked 7 and 8, respectively.) in which sockets a rod 9 is movably held, being secured rigidly in the position to which it is adjusted by means of screws. Between the lever 4 and the rod 9 there is play, so that the rod Qcan swing slightly in a direction toward the lever 4. It is, however, prevented by a stop 10 on the part? from moving in the opposite direction.

The bracket or support 2 forms a bearing for a bell-crank lever 11, the upright arm of which is provided with a hook 12, which in the set position of the apparatus engages the book 6, and the horizontal arm of which carries a projecting upright pin 13, capable of being secured at a greater or less distance from the pivotof the bell-crank lever 11. The pin 13 extends upward to such an extent when the apparatus is set, as shown in Fig. 1. The line is secured in the book 14 at the. outer free end of. the rod 9.

1. Serial No. 84,114. (ro an the pin 13 the sensitiveness of the apparatus can be regulated to the pull of the fish, the sensitiveness being the greatest when the pin is in its outermost position. 13y suitably regulatin g the sensitiveness of the apparatus the disadvantage is obviated of the; apparatus being unintentionally operated by a slight pull caused by the rocking of the boat or by the biting of very small fish. When the apparatus is suitably adjusted in this manner and the line dropped, then as soon as the said line is pulled the lever 9 pushes the pin 13 downward. I By this means the bell-crank lever 11 is turned, thus disengaging the hook 12 from the hook 6. suddenly swing the released lever 41, and consequently the arm 9, upward, so that the line instantly fixes the hook. The attention-of the fisherman is drafwn by the operation of the apparatus, so that it is not necessary, as heretofore, to keep constant attention. The apparatus is again brought to its normal position by pressing down the arm '9 until the two hooksfi and 12 come into engagement.

The spring 5 will then' Several apparatuses of this kind can be fixed upon the same boat and can all be controlled by one man, this being one of the chief advantages attaching to the use of the appaver pivotally connected thereto, means for applying tension to one endof said lever, re-,

taining means for holding the other end depressed against said tension, a fishpole'connected with said rocking lever to have limited movement thereomand' connections'whereby said limited movement will operate to 1'9.

lease said retaining means, substantially as sion on. said rock ng lever, a fishpole 0011-15 described. neeted t0' said rocking lever to have limited 7 2,. n combinatipn, a standard or slip port, movenjent relative to the same, a. sprin'ga rocking lever carried thereby, a spring expressed pawl adapted to engage the free end 5 erting tensionvo'n one end of said lever, a of the-rocking lever, said pawl havingan an-i pawl suitably pivoted and adapted to engage gular tail and a stop or trigger connected to =6;

' the opposite end of said rocking lever, a fish-, 1 said tail and extending up iu'p'roximity to'the pole connected to said reeking lever to have. fishpble when set, substantially as described. limited movement relatively to the same and In" witness-whereof I havehereunto set my :0 connections whereby said limited movement hand in presence of t wo'wi-tnesses.

operates to release the pawl, substantially as RUDOLF ,RIQARD FRITHJOF. RUUD.

described. Witnesses: I v Y 3. In combination, a standard, a rocking RICHARD STOKKE;

' lever carried thereby, a spring exerting ten- AUE L'AHN. 

